Essential Prompt‑Simplification Strategies for Building GPT‑5.6 Applications
OpenAI’s new GPT‑5.6 Prompt Guidance shows that trimming redundant system instructions can boost agent performance by up to 15 % while cutting token usage by more than half, and it provides a step‑by‑step methodology for simplifying prompts, defining outcome‑first instructions, managing tools, and verifying results.
